Named Skills - Gymnastics

[Elisheval]

i'm confused... aren't those Thomas flairs? just done one the beam?

[xTsukikoxMFxMiyakox]

OMG RUFOLVA <333333

[13shifter]

this was the very fist video i ever EVER!!!! watched on youtube back in 2007

[loveMovementJ]

crazy names

[96horseluvr]

thankss what's the music?

[D4RkM0e]

the miller is missing :-D

[nicksline]

3:38, isn't that a Def?  And out of interest what is the difference between the cuervo at 0:53 and the the Wang at 2:17?

[magicalgirl]

I was just watching the National Championships on tv the other night and one of the female gymnasts did the Okino turn on the beam and the commentators mentioned it's been years since they'd seen that. Nice to see her move making a comeback. 

Also, I'd be very interested in seeing the guys version of this...

[ShawnVikaKomova2012]

@magicalgirl Those commentators are actually not the brightest. If they had researched any gymnasts outside of the US, they'd have realized that Mai Murakami has been doing the Okino since 2009. Her and her teammate Yuji Fujji (I think that's the name) also are capable of quads on beam.

[tabbytea9]

i cant read and look at the same time. my eyes go one direction. lol

[jrlassiter]

the letter-by-letter titling was a bad idea. perhaps it would be less distracting to flash the whole name at once?

[dvjjh]

korkina is a pimp!!!

[randomsmilezzz]

some of these look similar to me but i dont know most of the named skills so.. :)

[toadstool177]

what is the song in this??

[flipkid2006]

Two Things:

1. The only moves in here both performed by men and women are tsukahara, tkatchev, deltchev, jaeger and gienger

2. Can anyone say the names correctly without screwing up the first time? lol

[Egbert23]

the miller was never there? ok, whatever, should show it anyways. plus she had 3 other skills...

[unevercalled]

That move at 3:11 was amazing!

[dodgedakota1979]

the "white" is actually a differnt grip; so amy's move is original and thus called the chow.

[MrJST94]

a tousek is first done by tatiana groshkova! her coach went from the ussr (there she trained groshkova) to canada there she trained tousek, so actually it should be named after groshkova.

[1JennaLouise]

i know i'll be being stupid but i can't see the difference between the yurchenko and the amanar?

[MRdavenport2010]

ahhhhhh the great KHORKINA

[Kristay181]

What bout the retton tht mary lou retton did

[SqueakyPanther]

YES!!!! I FINALLY FOUND OUT WHAT IT'S CALLED!!! rufolva!!!!! WHOOOO!!!!!!!!

[KLBlack79]

Tracee Talavera did compete flairs on the balance beam. She did them at the 1981 World Championships and got a medal in event finals on the beam

[KitForShort]

No McCool. =(

[Punk5Rock]

Its hard to watch the skill and read the name at the same time. You should have put the name then shown the skill.

[MANMARTRE]

the flair on beam "TALAVERA FLAIR"is named after Tracee Talavera, debuted at the 1980 American Cup , not Homma , Baitova also did leg circles to flair in 1987

[NaKoiPes]

You are wrong, it is named after Homma.  In order to have a skill named after you, you must compete it at WORLDS or OLYMPICS....just because someone DOES it first doesn't necessarily mean it will be named after them.

[MANMARTRE]

Tracee later performed the TALAVERA FLAIR at the world championships in 1981 where she garnered a bronze medal on beam for her performance, and then at the 1984 Olympics...15 years before Homma performed the routine...So you see YOU are wrong. Tracee was and still is a friend of Kurt Thomas who originated the move on pommel horse, she was the first gymnast i the world to add a pommel horse move to beam.Check her out on Youtobe if you doubt my word.

[Summonearth]

@MANMARTRE, I think you have to apply to have the skill name at Worlds and Olympics after you along with showing it to the judges, I think. Yes she competed in the 1981 Worlds, but she never asked or the judges never named it after her.

[JosiahxX]

@NaKoiPes is there a way you can keep the title ofyour original skill you make up before worlds? because, i performed a skill that is completely original by me at a national competiton and i want it named after me, but if you can only do that in worlds, what if someone copied that skill off of me at worlds? would they get the skill named after them instead even though I made up that skill?

[metsdudenj]

@NaKoiPes The Talavera flair is only once, and the Homma flair is three times around. I think both are named separately

[Toepointy]

@NaKoiPes Tracee Talavera competed her Talavera flair on beam three times at the 1981 World Championships (winning the beam bronze) and once at the 1984 Olympics.

[GreyGreySilver]

@NaKoiPes But she did. In the FIG code of points, it is recorded in her name. Therefore, she has done it at Worlds or Olympics.

[MANMARTRE]

@NaKoiPes 'Talavera Flair' to pancake is in the FIG code of points, Homma's was a mount, as was Baitova's, Talavera was mounting with circles back in '78, and mounted in Beam finals in '81 with her circles then did her flair during her routine.There is also a Talavera transit from a stalder on bars that she did in '81 worlds.

[missmouse35]

wait, what skill is named after liukin?

[90armandito90]

OOOOO GOOD LOPEZ BY DENIS LOPEZ

[lotus8998]

is this the music from Little Women...?

[GymMonkeyAz]

I have a freind at gym that just got her entire finger nail torn off on a pak. it looked like it hurt BAD!!!!!! I tried to do one in the pit....... heres some advice. if ur only a level 6 dont try a pak anywhere unless u feel like landing on ur head. lol

[piskoun]

Cool to see an Amanar performed WELL by Amanar! They always show the Olympics EF vault and she rushed it! ;)

[NaKoiPes]

I didn't "forget" the Korbut - I had a limited amount of time and could not fit EVERY skill EVER named in 5 minutes. re: cheng and liukin (and probably many more to come) - this montage was made BEFORE their skills were named.

[AwsomeChantal]

what about the "liukin"?

[Fussims]

Well, the ''Liukin'' isn't in the 2009 code, now it count as 2 separate skills (The aerial thing and the arabesque)

[happystuff12345]

where's the Cheng Fei vault?

[melodymusicflute]

forgot the Korbut Flip.

[0ChannChann0]

Omg I am soooo going to learn some of those skills!!

[tumblinasgotchalk]

wow korkina has a lot of skills named for her! she evedently climbed that mountin, qouoting stick it

[mkoury83]

where's the Miller???

[NaKoiPes]

The "Miller" is not, and never WAS, a skill named in the COP.

[gymnasticsloverxoxo]

Are you sure about that? I think it was named after her.

[Anteros05]

@NaKoiPes actually, the Miller is a skill in the COP. It is a cast to handstand with 1.5 turns to mixed undergrip as performed at the 1994 world individual championships.

[peepers2221]

@NaKoiPes WOWW uhm ya it was sweetie.They took it out because it was to dangerous. Before you make comments like that do some research. 

[metsdudenj]

@mkoury83 Hmm, I think that beam move is called a Miller, are you sure?

[Griddster22]

wow! ivana hong does a triple back!

[danielcnsilva]

It's not Ivana Hong. IT'S SHANTESSA PAMA.

[greenkiwi689]

3:47 is a cool bar mount.

[mo0rrisz]

WOW two mexicans have named skills.. the lopez and the magaña

[faeryquene]

@mo0rrisz And there is also the Valdez on beam. I think years ago as child I read in a gymnastics book that the Valdez back walkover (from a sit) on beam was named for it's innovator who first performed it possibly at the Olympic Games in 1968.

[gymnast0015]

what song is it? I love it... XD

[DanishRoyalFan15]

It's from the Little Women soundtrack...

[Natalie9911]

which one

[sochisochi]

khorkina great

[rfillangi]

Great but no Miller on beam!??!

[NaKoiPes]

the "miller" isn't in the COP

[oswaldmgr]

=D Denis Lopez, from Mexico, at 1.24

[0sinder0]

1:39 sick

[GymnastAtHeart08]

the names were distracting!!!

[briaberger]

Aww, poor Groshkova didn't get the move named after her- she did it wayy before Tousek.

[faeryquene]

@briaberger ITA. Mostepanova also performed her arabian handspring at 83 Worlds-well before Onodi in 1989.

[thomasjamesalcock]

weill if i make a skill it would be alcock so....

[pipitameruje]

this is pretty interesting. only one advice don't have the name showing up like that, it is really distracting - I ended up seeing this some three times to get it all together

[StewNWT]

Sweet! Yvonne Tousek has her own skill!

I have never seen anything like that Humphrey spin move on the beam before, pretty risky!

[aerogymnastemmy]

YAY SHUSHUNOVA! i love doing the twisting ones on floor =D WELL DONE

[jepsst]

the lopez is of the mexican denisse lopez o other gymnastic ???

[hjaidar]

yes it is about Denisse Lopez from Mexico

[jepsst]

oh ok thanks ;)

[Mergoose]

What about The Miller that was really cool too.

[HeyButtahfly]

The only Miller in the COP is a skill on bars. The one on beam never officially made the Code.

[Mergoose]

That's too bad!

[ispaht]

There's no Miller on the bars as well. The hop full skill is officially named as the Chusovitina.

[HeyButtahfly]

There is a Miller on bars in the COP- I wasn't talking about the hop-full. The Miller that is in the Code is a cast, 1 1/2 turn after handstand to mixed-L grip.

[jepsst]

the malony its the shasposhnikova

[rapturerogue]

The Shaposhnikova is a free hip circle to release and the Maloney is a toe-on circle to release. They are very simillar.

[jepsst]

oh ! thanks

[xKevinnn]

there should be a liukin for her beam flip thing to one foot

and a he kexin for her double release on bars.

idk if those moves were in there..

[sa09yx]

Yea, I think He's releases are named after Li Ya. :)

[AndromedaAiken]

Yes, He Kexin's releases are called the Li Ya salto I think.

[xKevinnn]

my bad :D

[eMthegymnast]

well duh, abviously not that just happen in august.

[woofiegrrl]

Can you re-make this video where the names are put up all at once instead of typed out letter by letter?  It is REALLY hard to read but I would like to learn about the named skills.

[iagosarado]

How can u have Zamolochikova move on beam if it was first performed by Priakhina´s in 1987 but it was named after Elena Gurova since Priakhina´s did not comepte at Worlds in 1987.

[iagosarado]

what is the difference between Bhardwaj and Yezhova they look the same.

[rapturerogue]

Bhardwaj is a Pak salto with a full twist and a Yezhova is a swing down from the high bar in reverse grip to a half twist between the bars to catch the low bar.

[vesperholly]

3:38 Hristakieva, isn't that a def?

[ThePenguin888]

Def is the male name.

[Stella1love]

so is Markelov

[ferency98]

Also, has any man even attempted the Podkapaeva? It's so unique. I've only seen men do double-fronts, and come to think of it, I've never seen a man do a double arabian either.

[ferency98]

Please help: What is the difference between a "Bi" and an "Ono?" They look the same to me.

Thank you.

[expelliarmus1234]

i think, an Ono is done on the HB and Bi on the UB..some skills, though the same, are named in different way according to where it was done..there are lots of skills which have the same case..

[BriCaitx3]

beast

[Sweetcleopatraa]

khorkina is UB

[mandupandy]

You forgot "wagner" (doubble front pike)

[qwertyasdyaln]

at the time 1.15 that was incredible

[audie83]

I love this montage and I love the theme to Little Women-perfect combo! :)

[jepsst]

gymnast who did Lopez??????????

1:24

[expelliarmus1234]

andreea raducan ROM

[jepsst]

that's not yurchenko in 00:17

the yurchenko is a Drawing extended with full twist or more

[gymnastxbabe88]

3:09 is called a Strug after Kerri Strug

[gymnastxbabe88]

what about the omelianchik on beam?

[expelliarmus1234]

what's with omelianchik on beam?

[ispaht]

An Omelianchik is a flic-flac with 3/4 twist to side handstand.

Ponor does a variation of the Omelianchik in her 2004 routine. Instead of a normal handstand, she does a split to straddle handstand.

[chiprince05]

What about the Phelps???

[Darkangel127]

I wonder why the Onodi isn't called a Mostepanova (Olga was clearly the first to make it at Worlds)! And I believe you forgot to include one of the most innovative gymnasts ever, Elena Mukhina. Her double tuck dismount from the beam and her full-in are still used by gymnasts today.

[mistybabe5489]

to get a skill named after u, u have to do it @ a world cup, world champs., or the olympics and u gotta fill out paperwork so i guess onidi did all that b4 mostepanova

[expelliarmus1234]

actually, it was A. Priakhina who did the first double twisting double back tuck (Silivas), the first RO, full twist to clear hip circle mount on beam (Zamolodchikova)and the first yurchenko half on, piked cuervo off (Khorkina)...too bad she never did it at the Olympics or at the Worlds...but the credit shoud be hers..

[audie83]

Agreed-the 'Tousek' should be named for Tatian Groskova who performed it over a decade before Ivonne-and in combo no less with a Yurchenko loop with much better form.

[Darkangel127]

She has also invented the "Zamolodchikova" mount on the UB, the standing full (Gutsu) and the Gainer Ruflova on BB. It pisses me off that she's relatively unknown even among gymnastics fans!

[expelliarmus1234]

gurova?

is the standing full really named after Gutsu?

isn't the sae with a Shishova?

[Darkangel127]

Not sure, I think it is. Shishova took hers from a RO, but basically, it's the same skill.

[hjaidar]

actually she was trying to do a luconi doble pike

[kentCHRtim]

it went to quick for someone who dosen't know all those skills.

[irisgymnast]

Very nice montage, but i miss one skill..

the Van Leeuwen!! Maybe a idea for new montages?

[ispaht]

The Humphrey skill looks awkward with all the flailing arms.

[RLATC2000]

I have to agree with you. It's an innovative skill yes, but it doesn't seem to be a smooth one. I'm not a fan of it. I wonder if there is another gymnast who has done it or done it better.

[Dunntosh]

Isn't the Chusovitina on the vault named after Trudy Mcintosh of Aus????

[expelliarmus1234]

hmmm...there are two chusovitinas on vault...

one is the handspring forward, piked front salto with full twist and the other one is, handspring forward, stretched front salto with 3/2 twists..

the McIntosh is a handspring forward, stretched front salto...haha..stretched Chusovitina..

[jepsst]

3/2 twist ???? It is difficult ke so far and I think the maximum is 2 / 2

[freestyleskiing24]

If it's piked it a Chusovitina

[NonMatchingUnderwear]

Why does no one do Khorkina's beam dismount anymore - i loved it, and I cant imagine it not being considered difficult enough!

[Sambucca]

Ok, how many of these skills were actually patented by the gymnasts performing them here?

Very few. You can only give those acolades to unique moves that have never been done before. Most of the moves here are just standard.

[gymnasticsforever95]

what the hell??? half these skills aren tnames afgter the peoplperforming them in this video...sice when is shushunova the first to do a tsukahara?

[sochisochi]

can any one say what is khorkina skills scores on the new code especially her trasition from low bar to high bar .

[sochisochi]

Khorkina Khorkina

you dont know how much i love you .

[ralucagymnast]

Fantastic video: I wonder how many of these skills are created as a result of a mistake?? Nadia said that her Comaneci on bars was the result of doing a Radochla to low bar and missing the low bar, and regrasping the high bar to prevent a fall!! And its still one of the most difficult skills on bars to perform even today.

[ralucagymnast]

The reason why the Comaneci is so difficult is that there is absolutely no room for the tiniest error: too far from the bar, and the gymnast will miss it, too near and she will crack her heels.

[backflipboy27]

I think you have the bars confused....a radolcha starts on the low bar

[ralucagymnast]

Yes, youre right!But Nadia was trying it the other way, and missed the low bar and regrasped the high bar. Thats how the Comaneci came into being.

[backflipboy27]

So she was trying to do a cast - front flip over the low bar??? that would have been amazing

[ralucagymnast]

Yes, thats what she was attempting. That would have been an amazing skill on its own wouldnt it??

[IdinaGrl101]

Great video! I think it was to fast though but other-wise AMAZING!

[gymnasticsforever17]

what competition does Simona Amanar do the 2 1/2 yurcenko in exept 2000 olympics???

[mtdashkin]

She did it at the 2000 Romanian Nationals, but I don't think there is a video of it.

[vermillionss]

didn't kyle shewfelt do the yurchenko 2.5 first, in the mens code its called "shewfelt", is it assigned different names for mens vs womens?

[expelliarmus1234]

maybe...

there are lots of vault which are named both for men and women..

Produnova-Roche, Zamolodchikova-Akopian, Lopez-Hutcheon, Chusovitina-Lou Yun, Kim-Kasamatsu...etc..

[HoneyGotMeHooked]

ok, that sucked.

[USAGymnast12]

!!!WOW!!! thats all i have 2 say WOW!!!

[sochisochi]

Khorkina has a one (or more :) ) in each 4 , she is really the queen of gymnastics

[purolatn]

what is the Strug?

[NaKoiPes]

Tour Jete with an extra half turn.

[HoneyGotMeHooked]

landing a vault on one foot. lol

[SpeakOutloud16]

great vid, though it would be much better if the names just appeared rather than appearing letter by letter, coz i was missing the actual moves trying to find out what they were called first..

x Nash

[due70]

the same thing happened to me, missed to see the moves while trying to read the name.

[gymmigit94]

thats really cool great job!

[xohaileyluvsu]

very awesome!! pretty cool stuff! :)

[EMTQueen]

What was the music used for this? I like it.

[NaKoiPes]

It is the from the Little Women Soundtrack

[NewNastiaFan101]

in that clip of Amy Chow (around :50), that's not a White, the White is done from L grip

BTW, the Li Ya is the piked double arabian dismount

[xMatthesx]

awesome

[gymmigit94]

this is a cool video

[1crazysushifreak]

who is that at 1:39, the one doing the Li Li and the triple back dismount?

[NaKoiPes]

Shantessa Pama

[gymgirl341]

Chellsie Memmel also has a beam skill that was named after her the front flip pike thing

[SchwarzeWitwe2]

Front with a half.

[kowalski751]

hey i love this video, i've been longing for something like this. but is there any way to make one so that you can see the name and the skill at the same time? because i was concentrating on the skill but the letters for the name came up like one at a time

but this video is great! thanks!

[NonMatchingUnderwear]

What was the full name of the girl who first di a counter kmim?

[ralucagymnast]

Kim Gwang Suk-she was a North Korean gymnast. She was actually the world champion on bars in 1990(I think). There was loads of controversy over her age: watch her videos on here, she looks about 10 years old. The North Koreans tried to say she was about 17!!She had been 15 for 3 years in a row!!!She is the only gymnast ever to do this skill, now or then.

[Penguin888]

Wrong.  Gina Gogean did a Counter Kim, and so did a French Gymnast in around 1996.

[ralucagymnast]

Of course!!I forgot about Gina:)Also Olga Mostepanova was the creator of the Onodi, not Heni. Olga competed it at the 1983 World Championships, therefore is the rightful owner of the skill. At the same competition Albina Shishova also competed a roundoff fulltwisting back somi on beam, it should be named for her.

[backflipboy27]

it is named after her as far as I know

[expelliarmus1234]

yeah..i just checked my code, and it is named after her..

[RobDiVo]

Obsessed with the fact that Svetlana Khorkina legit has the most moves named after her in the sport of gymnastics. She truly is a legend and QUEEN of gymnastics. 'Nuff said!

[freestyleskiing24]

Li Ya wan not the first to do a piked half in half out, and it's not named after her. The first was Adrienn Varga.

[boytoyville]

That Garrison back full beam mount is CRAZY!

[Darkangel127]

She didn't get bored! Being so much taller than the average gymnast, she kinda have to discover new ways of playing to her strengths. She did an excellent job!

[Darkangel127]

Svetlana Khorkina has 8 skills named after her (at least one on each apparatus) and IS, therefore, the most innovative gymnast in history! It's not a personal opinion, it's a fact. Furnon does a single spin, Memmel does a double one, named after her. Zamo has a mount on both UB and BB, the Soviet gymnast you're referring to is probably called Tatiana Groshkova.

[mrparke007]

Yeah, even though I hate her, she obviously got bored and started creating cool skills. My two faves are the transition on UB and the 1.5 Shushunova. Excellent skills.

[expelliarmus1234]

what's the 1.5 shushunova?

[mrparke007]

It's actually a 1.5 to prone drop, but I call it a 1.5 Shush. Khorkina did it at the end of her floor routines.

[SailorBarsoom]

I'm not knowledgeable enough to know what is or isn't a mistake, but if I were to guess, I'd guess that even the amazing Svetlana Khorkina can't have THAT many skills named after her.

Then again, maybe she does.

[NaKoiPes]

WHile I admit that I made several mistakes - the number of Khorkina's was no mistake. She really is the QUEEN OF GYMNASTICS.